Mag. Dr. Michael Kickmeier-Rust

   Principal Investigator, Lecturer

          Brueckenkopfgasse 1 / 6th floor
          8020 Graz, Austria
          Phone:   +43   316   873-9554
          Fax:       +43   316   873-9552
          michael.kickmeier-rust@tugraz.at

I am a psychologist and experienced project manager and software developer. My research and development activities focus primarily on technology-enhanced learning, in particular intelligent, adaptive educational systems and human-computer interaction. I am aiming at the evolution of psycho-pedagogical frameworks and models for efficient, effective, and immersive learning together with smart personalization, which includes individualized learning experiences within learning environments as well as non-invasive assessment and interventions.

Since 2001 I’m involved in related international, cross-discipline research and development projects. Since 2006 my focus is on the psychological aspects of learning with immersive virtual learning environments such as digital computer games and the integration of intelligent educational technology in narrative and game-based learning. This work includes interaction modeling and research. I am member of the ACM, the Austrian Computer Society (OCG), the Styrian Society for Psychology (StGP), and the Austrian Aviation Psychology Association (AAPA). In addition, I am in the editorial boards of the International Journal of Game-based Learning and reviewer for journals such as ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, and BMC Medical Education as well as conferences such as International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL), European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL), or Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED). Since 2010 I am the universities representative in the Games and Learning Alliance (GALA).
 

Currciculum Vitae
   
  Publications
   
 

Software Portfolio
    » Authoring
» Scientific
     
    Recent Projects
     
       GALA: Games and Learning Alliance
     
   

   NEXT-TELL: Next Generation Teaching, Education and Learning for Life
     
  Past Projects
     
       80Days: Around an Inspiring Virtual Learning World in Eighty Days
     
       ELEKTRA: Enhanced Learning Experience and Knowldege Transfer
     
       iClass: Intelligent Distributed Cognitive-based Open Learning System
     
      ELeGI: European Learning Grid Infrastructure
     
       PKSIRT: Probabilistic Knowledge Space and Item Response Theories
     
       EASEL: Educator Access to Services in the Electronic Landscape
 
   
  Useful Links
   
  » Joint workshop on e-learning authoring tools (April 2010, Graz)
    » RATH - Relational Adaptive Tutoring Hypertext System
    » APeLS - Adaptive Personalized eLearning System
    » ALEKS Corporation
    » Dbaza Education
    » Cisco Sytsems - Reusable Information Object Strategy
    » A collection of open source e-learning technology
    » A collection of open source authoring tools for e-learning
    » L3T: Lehrbuch für Lehren und Lernen mit Technologien
    » Educause
 
  Assorted Documents
   
  » An overview to instructional design guidelines (a summary of psycho-pedagogical and
   didactic principles)
    » A short bibliography on game-based learning (as of July 2010)
    » A short overview to adaptive educational technology
    » The notion of competency in (adaptive) e-learning: Identifying competences, deriving
   prerequisite relations between them, establishing and validating competence structures
     
    » SkOWL manual: An authoring tool for semi-automatic authoring in (adaptive) e-learning
     
     
Joint Summerschool on Technology Enhanced Learning (JTEL)
Intersted in the most recent findings in the field of technology-enhanced learning? The 7th Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning, to take place from Monday, May 30th to Friday June 3rd, 2011 in Chania, Crete, Greece.
I personally will contribute a lecture and a workshop on game-based learning. A great opportunity for students! Simply visit the JTEL website .

Serious Games for Serious Learning
April 4, 2011: The GALA network is organizing a workshop 'serious games for serious learning' at EC- TEL conference.

NEXT-TELL goes to school(s)
March 12, 2011: The NEXT- TELL project initiated close cooperation with schools in Germany, the UK, Denmark, and Austria. The idea is to strengthen and broaden the use of cutting edge information and comm- unication technologies in the classrooms. The aim is to make teaching more effective and to free resources for an indi- vidualization of teaching concepts.

Congress at VHS Meidling
November 10, 2010: True to the motto ‘learning by gaming’ in vocational training I could present ideas of modern virtual learning environments beyond the context of primary education; find details at VHS Meidling’s website.

80Days’ Final Review
October 22, 2010: 80Days had its final review meeting in Graz, Austria. The reviewers and the project officer certified the project’s great success! All delive-rables were accepted and the significant advance-ments in the field of game-based learning were acknowledge. Every credit to the entire 80Days team!

European Games and Learning Alliance
October 1, 2010: The European network of excellence GALA, acronym for games and learning alliance, commenced it work. The purpose of the alliance is essentially facilitating and promoting research and business interests by decreasing fragmentation and by utilizing synergies.



» Praktikum zur Forschungs-    methodik (PK)

» SE, Forschungsmethodik II
 

   New project:
   The underlying of this project is to support students in understanding and directly applying cutting-edge
   e-learning technologies and related pedagogies, in particular intelligent approaches. [read more]

     Allgemeine Informationen
   Next Generation Teaching, Education and Learning for Life, das ist das Motto des projects. Im Zentrum steht eine
   sehr enge Zusammenarbeit mit Schulen aus ganz Europa mit dem Ziel e-Learning und Kommunikationstechnologien
   effizient und nutzbringend im Unterricht einzusetzen. Laden Sie hier Informations-Folien mit allgemeinen
   Projektinformationen herunter.